About Gene List

PF3D7_0923300 (PLP3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:947,033..949,498(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: perforin-like protein 3

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Component GO:0020009 microneme
Function GO:0022829 wide pore channel activity
Process GO:0044409 entry into host

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite not expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.01 0.99
Schizont not expressed 0.00 1.00
Gametocyte not expressed 0.01 0.99

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0923300

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 0 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.574 | MFS: -2.428 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1006300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.79 ± 0.20
  • Confidence: 4.62

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0824200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2407

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I2S3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_121849

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

MalariaGEN Pf7 (worldwide samples) # unique SNV/indels:

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 11 40 35 47
disruptive 14 41 29 97
missense 14 41 28 94

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 14 84 36 54
disruptive 24 96 59 114
missense 20 88 59 97

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 41

Non-coding: 0 | Synonymous: 22 | Nonsynonymous: 19 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 821 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 93.291

UniProt ID(s): Q8I2S3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.99

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR020864 Membrane attack complex component/perforin (MACPF) domain
PFam PF01823 Membrane attack complex component/perforin (MACPF) domain
Superfamily N/A N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
15520375 Essential role of membrane-attack protein in malarial transmission to mosquitohost. Kadota K, Ishino T, ..., Yuda M https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15520375/